Alex Gorka

Alex is Co-Chair of Osler's Mergers and Acquisitions Group. He regularly acts on Canada’s most high profile and complex transactions, delivering practical advice to private and public companies, private equity sponsors, and special committees on a diverse range of strategic mandates across various industries.

His private equity deal experience includes acting for Blackstone, iCON Infrastructure, Sculptor, Paine Schwartz, Inspirit, Platinum Equity, Sterling Partners and Penfund. He has advised on numerous REIT transactions including on behalf of Dream, Koch Real Estate Investments, SmartCentres, KingSett and Ventas.

Alex has completed two secondments to the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions of the Ontario Securities Commission, first in 2012 where he helped develop a new rule on shareholder rights plans as well as proposed amendments to the early warning regime, and again in 2017 where he was one of the primary drafters of the CSA Staff Notice on conflict of interest transactions (Multilateral CSA Staff Notice 61-302 Staff Review and Commentary on Multilateral Instrument 61-101).

Alex is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he teaches Mergers and Acquisitions in the Global Professional Master of Laws (GPLLM) program. He has also lectured at Osgoode Professional Development.

In 2020 Alex was recognized as a Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyers Under 40.


Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Corporate/Commercial
  • Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40: Recognized as a Rising Star (2020)
  • IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms: Recognized in M&A (Notable Practitioner)
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Thomson Reuters: “Stand-out Lawyer”

Credentials

Education

  • University of Toronto, J.D.
  • London School of Economics, M.Sc.
  • University of Toronto, B.A. (Hons.)

Languages

  • English
  • Polish

Professional Affiliations

  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association